If Virginia Democrats want to legalize brothels, they should admit it

Published August 25, 2025 5:00am ET



Prostitution is illegal in Virginia, but you would never know it from the goings-on in Fairfax County.

More than 80 illicit massage parlors operate “in plain sight” in this county right outside Washington, D.C., according to one county supervisor.

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